News, articles and events on youth employment

The Decent Jobs for Youth Knowledge Facility: Learning, sharing, and engaging

11 December 2019

Partners of the UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth launch knowledge facility, including the ILO toolbox and data finder on youth employment.

Innovations for Decent Jobs for Youth

The event provides a platform for governments, social partners, youth and civil society, private sector, foundations, UN entities and beyond to explore collaboration on innovations that work for decent jobs for youth under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Launch of the engagement platform of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

The event brings together partners of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth and other key youth employment actors to celebrate the launch of the online engagement platform, to present the Quality Apprenticeships Toolkit and to learn more about the ongoing work and opportunities for collaboration.
Jobs and Skills Mismatch – Job-rich growth for Sustainable Development

On 27-28 November 2017, the Employment Policy Department will bring together researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and other stakeholders to review and discuss on-going research on demand for jobs and bottlenecks in developed and developing countries.

UN agencies launch youth entrepreneurship and self-employment campaign to boost transition towards decent work

27 June 2017

On the occasion of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises International Day, UN agencies launch a campaign on solutions to address the unique obstacles to youth entrepreneurship and self-employment.

Entrepreneurship Programme for Job Seekers in Azerbaijan

01 October 2016

In implementing the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030, Azerbaijan is establishing a comprehensive employment policy framework through developing and implementing a National Employment Strategy 2030.

Quantitative techniques of impact evaluation: youth and women employment programmes. A step-by-step approach

The course will expose participants to advanced skills for conducting impact evaluations of youth employment programmes. Upon completion, participants will have improved or updated their understanding of quantitative impact evaluation concepts and methods; will have reviewed and tested impact evaluation methods and techniques, such as randomized control trials; and will be in a position to identify the most pertinent types of impact evaluation, taking into account specific project constraints, institutional and national contexts, and budgetary, time and data constraints.

ILO and INSEAD Evidence Symposium: Promoting Entrepreneurship for Inclusive Growth and Decent Jobs

The symposium brings together policy makers, academics and business leaders to the INSEAD Middle East Campus in Abu Dhabi to share and discuss the latest cutting edge evidence on entrepreneurship and decent jobs in the MENA region on November 14-15th, 2016.

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